Photos and video have emerged of an under-8s rugby league player dubbed the ‘gentle giant’ towering above his pint-sized teammates. Vaka Tuitupou is just seven but weighs 100kg – and is hard to miss in the team photograph, towering over the rest of the St John’s Eagles under-8s. The young Samoan boy made the news this week after a video of him tearing through his opponents with ease was posted on social media.

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